RSVP apps compared: which ones work for guests in Canada

Pick the app by how your guests will see the invitation. Evite, Paperless Post and Punchbowl text Canadian numbers; Partiful, Luma, Greenvelope and most others give you a link to share; Save This Date, QuikRSVP and Avently use WhatsApp. Almost every app prices in US dollars. Below are 13 apps, what reaching 50 or 150 guests costs, and how each one’s guests reply.

By Junaid Siddiqui, founder of Avently · Updated 4 November 2026

What to check first

How the invitation reaches a Canadian guest. Many apps text only US numbers, or only US and Canadian ones.
Whether guests need an app, an account or a code to answer.
What your guest count costs, and in which currency.
Whether you can remind only the guests who haven’t answered.

Prices below were read from each app’s own pages on 26 October 2026, in US dollars unless marked.

Apps that text Canadian numbers

Evite. Texts go to US and Canadian numbers only (Evite). Free designs cost nothing to send; Premium is $68.99 for up to 75 guests and $99.99 for up to 750 (pricing). Guests reply on a web page.
Paperless Post. Texts to US and Canada only (features). Free designs cost nothing for the first 50 invitations; paid designs run $25 to $72 for 50 guests (pricing). More in what Paperless Post costs.
Punchbowl. Texts only to US and Canadian numbers (Punchbowl), and new events need a paid membership (Punchbowl). Guests don’t need an account.
Joy. Free wedding websites and RSVPs (pricing). Texting US and Canadian numbers needs its paid Messaging Plus (Joy).
Luma. Free for unlimited guests (pricing). It texts Canadian numbers, but only guests who have linked a phone to a Luma account; everyone else gets email (Luma).

Apps you share by link or email

Partiful. The core platform is free (Partiful). Guests need no app, but log in with a phone number and a texted code to reply, even when invited by email (Partiful).
Greenvelope. Animated envelopes by email or text, $59 a mailing for up to 60 guests and $249 for up to 250 (pricing). Guests reply without an account (FAQ).
RSVPify. RSVP forms with a free plan for personal events and paid monthly plans (pricing). Invitations go by email or a link you share.
Blackbird RSVP. A US company in Grand Rapids, Michigan (terms). $39 per event for up to 200 invitations, with one email reminder (pricing). You send by email or share the link.
Zola. Free wedding websites. Its guest texting works only with US numbers (Zola).
Google Forms. Free. You share a link; guests fill in the form (Google). There are no reminders, and the replies need tidying, as Google Forms vs WhatsApp explains.

Apps that use WhatsApp

Save This Date. Sends WhatsApp messages and texts from its own numbers; guests answer on its RSVP page or by replying (Save This Date). $25 covers 100 WhatsApp messages (pricing).
QuikRSVP.Sends WhatsApp to non-US numbers. A no is one tap; a yes opens a web form, and a typed reply isn’t recorded (QuikRSVP). Free for 25 responses, then $45 a form for 150 (pricing).
Avently. Sends each guest a WhatsApp message by name with Yes and No buttons, and asks the follow-up questions in the same chat; typed replies count. The first 25 invitations each month are free, then $30 CAD for 50, $49 for 100, $99 for 250, up to 250per event. Invitations don’t reach US numbers.

A plain link pasted into a WhatsApp group works with any app above, but replies then depend on guests opening it. Why answering inside the chat gets more replies is in how to collect RSVPs over WhatsApp.

Which to pick

A designed card for a wedding or gala, guests mostly on email: Paperless Post, Greenvelope or Evite Premium.
A casual party shared by link: Partiful or Luma, both free.
A kids’ party or family event with US and Canadian guests: Evite or Punchbowl.
A community dinner, club or association whose members use WhatsApp: a WhatsApp app, ideally one where guests answer in the chat.

And the cases Avently doesn’t suit are listed in when Avently isn’t the right tool.

How this works in Avently

Step 01
Each guest is asked by name on WhatsApp
Avently sends the invitation from its own WhatsApp Business number, with your event name and date and Yes and No buttons. Guests need WhatsApp, not an app or an account.
Step 02
Follow-up questions arrive in the same chat
Guests who say yes get your questions next, such as seats and dietary needs, as buttons or a list. Every answer lands in your guest list as it arrives.
Step 03
Priced in Canadian dollars
The first 25 invitations each month are free, and no event costs more than $99. Reminders go only to guests who haven’t answered, at most twice.

Common questions

What is the best RSVP app in Canada?

It depends on how your guests read messages. For guests who expect a text, Evite, Paperless Post and Punchbowl send texts to Canadian numbers. For guests who live in WhatsApp, Avently asks each one in a WhatsApp message and records the answer in the chat. For a free link you post anywhere, Partiful, Luma or Google Forms.

Is there a free RSVP app?

Yes. Partiful’s core platform, Luma, Joy, Zola and Google Forms are free to use, Evite’s free designs cost nothing to send, and Paperless Post’s free designs are free for your first 50 invitations. Avently’s first 25 invitations each month are free. Paid tiers add designs, texting or larger lists.

Which RSVP apps send text invitations to Canadian numbers?

Evite, Paperless Post and Punchbowl send text invitations to US and Canadian numbers only. Joy texts US and Canadian numbers with its paid Messaging Plus. Luma texts Canadian numbers only when the guest has linked a phone to a Luma account. Zola’s guest texting works only with US numbers.

Do guests need to download an RSVP app?

Rarely. Evite, Paperless Post, Punchbowl, Greenvelope, Joy, Zola and Luma let guests reply in a browser without an account. Partiful needs no app, but guests confirm their phone number with a texted code. Avently guests reply in WhatsApp.

Which RSVP apps work with WhatsApp?

Most apps give you a link to paste into WhatsApp. Save This Date and QuikRSVP send WhatsApp messages from their own numbers; QuikRSVP guests who say yes finish on a web form. Avently sends each guest a WhatsApp message by name, and guests answer every question in the chat.

Avently asks every guest by name on WhatsApp, records each answer in the chat, and prices invitations in Canadian dollars.

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Invitations don’t reach US numbers.